Pest Control Hilden Park

Pest Control in Hilden Park

Hilden Park is a residential neighbourhood on the western side of Tonbridge in Kent, between the town centre and Hildenborough. The area is mainly made up of mid-twentieth century houses, a mix of semis and detached properties with gardens, set along quiet streets. The Hilden Brook runs through the area before joining the River Medway and that watercourse is a key factor in local rat activity. Brown rats follow the brook and the ditches that feed into it, living in the banks and moving into gardens where food is available. Properties backing onto the brook or its green corridor are the most likely to see rats in their gardens, especially through the wetter months when water levels push the rats to higher ground.

The housing in Hilden Park is generally in good condition, but even well-maintained mid-century homes develop gaps as they age. Mice get in through air bricks, gaps around pipe entries and under garage doors and they settle in the wall cavities and roof spaces that these properties provide. The green spaces and playing fields in the area give mice and rats cover to move through the neighbourhood, linking gardens to open land. Bird feeding stations are popular in the family-friendly streets here and spilled seed is one of the most reliable attractors for both mice and rats.

In summer, wasp nests turn up in the loft spaces, garden sheds and hedgerows across Hilden Park. The mature gardens with their mix of trees and shrubs provide good nesting habitat and the colonies can grow large in the undisturbed corners of a shed or loft. Grey squirrels are active in the older trees along the brook and in the gardens and they find their way into roof spaces where branches overhang the roofline. Hilden Park is a pleasant, settled neighbourhood, but the brook and the green spaces running through it mean pest activity is a year-round reality that comes with the territory.